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| 1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: |
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| 2 'And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre: |
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| 3 O dweller on the entrances of the sea, Merchant of the peoples unto many isles, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou thou hast said: I [am] the perfection of beauty. |
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| 4 In the heart of the seas [are] thy borders, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty. |
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| 5 Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee, |
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| 6 Of oaks of Bashan they made thine oars, Thy bench they have made of ivory, A branch of Ashurim from isles of Chittim. |
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| 7 Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt hath been thy sail, To be to thee for an ensign, Of blue and purple from isles of Elishah hath been thy covering. |
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| 8 Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They [are] thy pilots. |
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| 9 Elders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade [with] thy merchandise. |
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| 10 Persian and Lud and Phut Have been in thy forces thy men of war. Shield and helmet they hung up in thee, They they have given out thine honour. |
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| 11 The sons of Arvad, and thy force, [Are] on thy walls round about, And short swordsmen in thy towers have been, Their shields they have hung up on thy walls round about, They they have perfected thy beauty. |
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| 12 Tarshish [is] thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, They have given out thy remnants. |
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| 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech they [are] thy merchants, For persons of men, and vessels of brass, They have given out thy merchandise. |
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| 14 They of the house of Togarmah, [For] horses, and riding steeds, and mules, They have given out thy remnants. |
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| 15 Sons of Dedan [are] thy merchants, Many isles [are] the mart of thy hand, Horns of ivory and ebony they sent back thy reward. |
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| 16 Aram [is] thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants. |
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| 17 Judah and the land of Israel they [are] thy merchants, For wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, And honey, and oil, and balm, They have given out thy merchandise. |
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| 18 Damascus [is] thy merchant, For the abundance of thy works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool. |
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| 19 Vedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been. |
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| 20 Dedan [is] thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding. |
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| 21 Arabia, and all princes of Kedar, They [are] the traders of thy hand, For lambs, and rams, and he-goats, In these thy merchants. |
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| 22 Merchants of Sheba and Raamah they [are] thy merchants, For the chief of all spices, And for every precious stone, and gold, They have given out thy remnants. |
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| 23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur Chilmad [are] thy merchants, |
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| 24 They [are] thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise, |
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| 25 Ships of Tarshish [are] thy double walls of thy merchandise, And thou art filled and honoured greatly, In the heart of the seas. |
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| 26 Into great waters have they brought thee, Those rowing thee, The east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas. |
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| 27 Thy wealth and thy remnants, Thy merchandise, thy mariners, And thy pilots, strengtheners of thy breach, And the traders of thy merchandise, And all thy men of war, who [are] in thee, And in all thine assembly that [is] in thy midst, Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall, |
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| 28 At the voice of the cry of thy pilots shake do the suburbs. |
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| 29 And come down from their ships have all handling an oar, Mariners, all the pilots of the sea, on the land they stand, |
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| 30 And have sounded for thee with their voice, And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, In ashes they do roll themselves. |
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| 31 And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul a bitter mourning. |
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| 32 And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who [is] as Tyre As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea
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| 33 With the outgoing of thy remnants from the seas, Thou hast filled many peoples, With the abundance of thy riches, and thy merchandise, Thou hast made rich things of earth. |
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| 34 The time of [thy] being broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, Thy merchandise and all thy assembly in thy midst have fallen. |
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| 35 All inhabitants of the isles have been astonished at thee, And their kings have been sore afraid, They have been troubled in countenance. |
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| 36 Merchants among the peoples have shrieked for thee, Wastes thou hast been, and thou art not to the age!' |
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